Subir Ghosh
Subir Ghosh is a New Delhi-based journalist and writer. He started off in sales and marketing, before becoming a journalist. He has worked with the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency and The Telegraph newspaper. He now runs Newswatch, an online monitor of news and issues pertaining to press freedom, journalistic ethics and the news industry. In between, he also handled publications/communications for the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). He also specialises in Northeast affairs and is an advisory council member with the Centre for Northeast Studies (C-NES). He is the author of 'Frontier Travails: Northeast - The Politics of a Mess' published by Macmillan India, and has won two national awards in children's fiction. His subjects of interest include conflict, ethnicities, wildlife, human rights, poverty, media and cinema.
Young Indian couple claim Baby 7 Billion crown
With the birth of Nargis in a village 40km from Lucknow this morning, the world’s population touched seven billion. Lucknow is the capital of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh. Nargis, weighing 3kg, was born at 7:20 this morning to Ajay (25) and Vineeta (23) at a local community health centre in Mall village, about…>
India: Reliance goes overboard to curb ‘Bodyguard’ piracy
Reliance Entertainment has gone overboard after obtaining a John Doe order from the Delhi High Court to prevent piracy of its film Bodyguard, that was released this week. The company has sent over two thousand notices to internet service providers, seeking bans on file-sharing websites, and website owners, requesting them to find and remove all…>
India online travel audience jumps 32 per cent
The online travel audience in India is rising, according to comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world. It found that the number of visitors to travel sites increased 32 per cent in the past year to 18.5 million visitors as more Indians are turning to the web for their travel needs. “The online travel…>
Young Indian couple claim Baby 7 Billion crown
With the birth of Nargis in a village 40km from Lucknow this morning, the world’s population touched seven billion. Lucknow is the capital of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh. Nargis, weighing 3kg, was born at 7:20 this morning to Ajay (25) and Vineeta (23) at a local community health centre in Mall village, about…>
India: Reliance goes overboard to curb ‘Bodyguard’ piracy
Reliance Entertainment has gone overboard after obtaining a John Doe order from the Delhi High Court to prevent piracy of its film Bodyguard, that was released this week. The company has sent over two thousand notices to internet service providers, seeking bans on file-sharing websites, and website owners, requesting them to find and remove all…>
India online travel audience jumps 32 per cent
The online travel audience in India is rising, according to comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world. It found that the number of visitors to travel sites increased 32 per cent in the past year to 18.5 million visitors as more Indians are turning to the web for their travel needs. “The online travel…>
